Before COVID, token booth clerks could take cash purchases, transfer card values, and be of service helping straphangers. My mother got a new MTA Reduced-Fare MetroCard. The expiring one has money in it, so I asked my token booth clerk to help. No luck. I could mail it in for a refund or visit a … Read more
It sinks, city fills and fills and fills again.
A total of about 50 have arrived under order of Texas Governor Greg Abbott since the first bus on Friday, August 5th. For those who lived and worked hard in the City all their life, does the mayor or any elected official ever thanked them or give them bags of goodies and welcoming package? Tell … Read more
It started in 2013 with 20 mobile cameras. Governor Hochul expanded its hours on June 24, 2022. Now, cameras numbered 2,000+. Do you follow?
The southbound bus lane painted 3 years ago starting mid-block between 107 and Sutter Avenues until Gold Street are not being used by buses. The signs say no parking anytime Monday through Friday 7 am until 10 am, then again from 4 pm until 7 pm. 2 hour meter parking is permitted between 10 am … Read more
120,000 students left the DoE public school system over the last 5 years while enrollment at public charter schools is up 9%. Students In 2021-22, there were 1,058,888 students in the NYC school system, the largest school district in the United States. Of those students: 13.9 percent of students were English Language Learners 20.6 percent … Read more
Subway restrooms have shuttered since mid 2020. Where do people go if they have to go? What is MTA’s solution? Hire more cleaners.
Manhattan DA Alan Bragg’s memo. Queens DA Melinda Katz should have her directives made public.
Passed April 1, 2019 in Albany’s budget bill (same bill as Bail Reform), drivers are expected to pay an additional toll between $9 and $23 below 60th Street or $14 to $35 by mail starting 2021. Thanks to COVID, implementation has been delayed. Update: July 1, 2022. MTA announced it was ready to implement the … Read more
